Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Tots with Jalapeno Garlic Ranch Dipping Sauce
Take a break from sweet potato fries and try out tots instead. Oven-baked until they’re brown and crispy, these tots will satisfy your wildest savory cravings without overloading you with calories and fat.
Served with a zippy jalapeño ranch dipping sauce that’s loaded with protein and fresh herbs, these cute sweet potato tots make for the perfect appetizer or mid-afternoon snack that your kids will devour.
Serves 4 (serving size: about 15 tots)
Sweet Potato Tots:
- 3 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
- 1/4 cup almond meal
- 3/4 cup panko bread crumbs
- 2 egg whites
- Cooking spray
Jalapeño Garlic Ranch Sauce:
- 1/2 cup 2% Greek yogurt
- 3 tablespoons low-fat buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded
- 2 tablespoons fresh chives
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
How To
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Pierce sweet potatoes with a fork several times. Bake sweet potatoes on baking sheet lined with foil until soft, about 45-55 minutes. Let cool.
3. Remove skin from sweet potatoes and combine flesh with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Let the mixture sit in fridge for 10-15 minutes.
5. In a bowl, combine almond meal, panko, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. In a separate bowl, crack egg whites.
6. Roll about 1 tablespoon sweet potato mixture into a tot shape, douse in egg white mixture, and roll in breading mixture. Place on an oiled baking.
7. Once all tots are on baking sheet, spray tots with cooking spray in order to achieve even browning.
8. Bake at 400°F for 45 minutes or until they’ve reached desired crispiness, flipping tots halfway through.
9. For the dressing, combine all ingredients in a food processor. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Information
- CALORIES 235
- FAT 6.8g (sat 1.1g, mono .03g, poly .09g)
- PROTEIN 10g
- CARB 35g
- FIBER 4g
- SUGARS 9g
- CHOL 15mg
- IRON 1mg
- SODIUM 614mg
- CALC 90mg
